Dec
27
2007
When coaching at UNC-Greensboro, I’m not sure if Tom Shifflet had a vision of turning the Southern Scuffle into a great tournament that serves as an alternative to Midlands, or if he just didn’t feel like traveling during the holidays. Regardless of his motives, the Southern Scuffle has grown into an event that attracts some of the country’s best teams. In contrast to Midlands, it offers nicer weather and easier travel for East Coast teams, but of course, it’s not in the best city ever.
This year, Shifflet, now coaching at Hofstra, will return with seven seeded wrestlers, including three wrestlers with a #1 seed. Continue Reading »
Dec
12
2007
When choosing over wrestlers to watch, I somehow forgot Darrion Caldwell. Darrion was one half of one the most entertaining and unexpected matches I have ever seen:
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With that match, he put the wrestling world on alert. He has started out this season well, winning Vegas. Now, even ESPN.com has taken note, with this profile on Darrion. I’m not going to say that any publicity is good publicity for the sport, especially when wrestlers do stuff like this, but Darrion is making every match he wrestles exciting, and that can only be good for the sport.
Dec
02
2007
First, let me get this out of the way - the BCS sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Sucks. This is not something that is open to discussion with me - the BCS sucks.
Anyway, what a weekend for college wrestling! Minnesota vs. Iowa State, Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma, the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite… Something that I love about college wrestling is that the top teams wrestle consistently wrestle each other. One versus two happens pretty much every season, and how often do we see that in college football or men’s basketball? (Of course, last week, we got to see #4 beat #2, but for some reason, the #4 who beat the #2 is not in a BCS game, but the #2 who lost is. I digress.)
First, Minnesota/Iowa State at Minny. Continue Reading »
